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One new wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case was reported in the past week, from Killa Abdullah, Balochistan, with onset of paralysis on 22 December 2016. This brings the total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 to 20.
One new circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) positive environmental sample was reported in the past week, from Quetta, Balochistan, collected on 28 December 2016. This isolate is linked to an ongoing, confirmed cVDPV2 outbreak currently affecting Quetta.
(Via Global Polio Eradication Initiative - accessed 20/01/17)
Travellers should be encouraged to take strict precautions with food, water and personal hygiene.
In addition, in order to comply with the WHO and ECDC recommendations and also to avoid travellers being vaccinated in the polio-infected country, authorities in the UK have made the following vaccination recommendations.
In Scotland, Health Protection Scotland (HPS) advise:
In England, Public Health England and NaTHNaC have issued advice which is different to that in Scotland (please look at Travel Health Pro Clinical updates for full details).